Improvement in seal-bolt for railway-cars



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@met i JASPER P. MOORE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO ANDREV B.ULINE, AND SAID ULI-NE ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND GARDENIR G. KIDDER.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEAL-BOLT FOR RAILWAY-CARS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

T all persons to 'whom these presents vshall come:

Be it known that I, J ASPER P. Moons, of Boston, in the county of Sublk,and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Bolt-Devicefor Sealing the Door of a Railway Freight-Carriage; and d'o herebydeclare the same to be fully described in the following specieation, andrepresented in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure l is a topview,.and

Figure 2, a side elevation of it.

In' such drawings- A denotes a bolt, as made with a furcated shank, a.In other Words, the shank is provided with a long slot, b, to open outof the extreme end of the shank, and extend therefrom toward the head b.

A tongue, B, projecting from a head, cone, or point, C, and having oneor more holes, e c, made through it, is arranged Within the' slot b, andis pivoted to the shank, near the end thereof, the same being so as toenable the said tongue to be turned on a pin, d, going through it, andthe prongs 1) 1) ofthe shank.

At that end or' part of the tongue which is next to the end of theshank, the said tongue is provided with one or two slloulders, e, which,when it is turned around into or about into right angle with -the shank,serves or serve as a stop or stops to arrest its further movement byabutting against the side of the shank.

Preparatory to the bolt being inserted in the staple of a door-hasp of acar, the tongue is to be lnoved wholly within the slot of the shank. Theshank is next to beEinserted in the staple until the bolt-head may benearly or quite brought up against the said staple, after which thetongue should be turned ontot` the slot, and have a leaden seal, (suchas is shown in side View in Figure 3,) inserted in onel of its holes cc, and upset by means oi' sealing-stamps, pincers, or other deviceswell' known to those whose business it is to seal-cars.

The leaden seal, while in the tongue, will prevent it from being movedinto the slot far enough to admit of the withdrawal ofthe bolt from thestaple.

I sometimes dispense with the point O, and only use a shouldered head inthe place of it.l

I am aware that a car-sealin g mechanism, consisting of a perforatedbolt and an arched bar or -bowy-formed with holes to receive the bolt,is not new, the hole in the boltbeing for the reception of a leadenrivet or seal; consequently I make no claim thereto. I employ no archedbar or bow to go through the hasp-staple, but in the use of my inventionput the 'bolt directly through the said staple.

I claim the combination ofa bolt, anda tongue pivoted to such bolt, thelsame. having one or more holes to receivil a seal for the purpose ofholding the tongue at any angle with the bolt.

I also claim the mnnbination and arrangement of the shouldered head withthe bolt and tongue pivoted together, and having one or more holes, asdescribed, to receive a seal for the purpose as set forth.

JASPER P. MOORE. YVitnesses:

R. H. EDDY, F. P. HALE, Jr.

